Over the past few years the US and western Europe have played themselves, quite publicly in their actions towards certain governments. They have used the financial system, which ought to be neutral in any international dispute to foist themselves into the relations of countries and entities in which they have no business being.
The last most notable show of this meddling was the reaction of the US and Europe to the situation in Ukraine where Visa decided to stop processing payments to [certain] Russian banks and entities. Should have never happened. The asset freezes and the like exposed for all to see that the certain bodies in the financial system were really inside agents. Any sane country, concerned with it's sovereignty would do whatever it needed to do disentangle itself from such a situation.
The group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 bn BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency pool worth over another $100 bn. Both will counter the influence of Western-based lending institutions and the dollar.
The new bank will provide money for infrastructure and development projects in BRICS countries, and unlike the IMF or World Bank, each nation has equal say, regardless of GDP size.[my underline]
Assuming they actually work the way they say it will certainly be more
democratic than the IMF or World Bank (say didn't I just post on that?).
The big launch of the BRICS bank is seen as a first step to break the dominance of the US dollar in global trade, as well as dollar-backed institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, both US-based institutions BRICS countries have little influence within
This publication, among others have been warning about the impending dollar implosion for a while.
“This mechanism creates the foundation for an effective protection of our national economies from a crisis in financial markets," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Translation: Never again with that Visa and asset freeze bullshit.
